Tunable Band Gap Energy of Mn-Doped ZnO Nanoparticles Using the Coprecipitation Technique

Table 1

Amounts of reactant required to prepare nanoparticles with different manganese concentrations.

	Amounts added in mmol for mol% of Zn(OAc)2·2H2O, Mn(OAc)2·2H2O and NaOH
Chemicals	0	3	5	10	15	20
Zn(OAc)2·2H2O	2.00	1.94	1.90	1.80	1.70	1.60
Mn(OAc)2·4H2O	0.00	0.06	0.10	0.20	0.30	0.40
NaOH	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00